( en, Great Stations) is a member

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. ( "Italian Railways of the State"; previously only Ferrovie dello Stato, hence the abbreviation FS) is Italy's national state-owned railway holding company that manages transport, infrastructure, real estat ...

( en, State Railways) group. It was created to rehabilitate and manage, even commercially, the 13 biggest Italian

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Stations under management

The

Roma Termini railway station Roma Termini (in Italian, ''Stazione Termini'') is the main railway station of Rome, Italy. It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient Baths of Diocletian (in Latin, ''thermae''), which ...

was the pilot of the Grandi Stazioni program. The Italian railway stations currently operated by the group are: Stations with darker background are not served by High-speed trains In addition to these, the forthcoming Napoli Afragola and Firenze Belfiore stations, which will be part of Italian high-speed rail system, will also be included in this list. Grandi Stazioni also operates beyond Italy's national

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: since December 2003, the company has adopted a position in the

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for the upgrading and management of three major railway stations:

Praha hlavní nádraží Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic. It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic of Czechoslovakia, First Republic and History of Czechoslov ...

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

upper station (horní nádraží) and Marianske Lazne. In 2016 (after 13 years) Grandi Stazioni has failed to deliver the contractual obligation to reconstruct the Praha hlavní nádraží and has lost the lease. Grandi Stazioni has decided to sue the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration for damages without providing the paperwork proving the actual costs spent.

Shareholders

Grandi Stazioni SpA is 60% controlled by

and 40% by

Eurostazioni ( en, Euro Stations) is a joint-stock investment company based in Rome, Italy. It owns a minority of Grandi Stazioni SpA, the company that manages and rehabilitates 13 major Italian railway stations. The majority shareholder of Grandi Stazio ...

SpA.

Board of directors

The following people serve on the board of directors as of December 2013: * President:

Mauro Moretti Mauro Moretti (born 29 October 1953) is an Italian executive and former CEO and general manager of Leonardo S.p.A. (formerly Finmeccanica), from May 2014 to May 2017. He is also president of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of ...

* Chief Executive Officer: Fabio Battaggia * Board Member: Massimiliano Capece Minutolo Del Sasso * Board Member: Gaetano Casertano * Board Member:

Fabio Corsico Fabio Corsico is an Italian manager. He was born in Turin on October 20, 1973 and graduated in Political Science. In 2011, he has been defined by the journalist Marianna Rizzini in the newspaper, ''Il Foglio'', as one of the influencers under 40 ...

* Board Member: Vittorio De Silvio * Board Member: Maurizio Marchetti * Board Member: Francesco Rossi * Board Member: Carlo Vergara

References

External links

Grandi Stazioni official website
{{Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Railway companies of Italy Railway companies established in 1998 Companies based in Rome Railway stations in Italy

Stations under management

Shareholders

Board of directors

See also

References

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